Authors Note

This is it. I had a massive appreciation for World of Light, but it was high on encounters, not necessarily story. It didn't have the cinematic nature of subspace and I've decide to change that. It may not be quite the same story that was initially told, but it'll be a far more fleshed out one. I hope you enjoy reading and leave feedback!

Mars Lowell.

The day of reckoning had come. The mysterious entity had arrived, and the world was fated to darkness… Or, he supposed, Light. Mars was only one soldier amongst the many that were gathered there on that day, but he already knew the results that would come even without a magic sword. Mars had decided to come not to win, but to at least try to succeed. However, he realised too late that he would have been better of spending his final day with Caeda. His fate was to fail, alongside the other soldiers… He wondered about how the situation got to this, but was snapped out of it by some words from one of his fellow soldiers.

? "Hey, I feel like I've seen you somewhere before… Lucina?"

He looked over and saw a heavily armoured figure, clearly from a time different to his own.

Mars "No, I think you have the wrong person. My name is Mars. Mars Lowell."

? "Well, it's nice to meet you, Mars. My name is Samus Aran."

Mars "I return the compliment, Samus. So have you also come here to die?"

Samus "Well I wouldn't take such a grim tone of things, but it probably applies anyway. When you're fighting a god so important that it scares other gods, you realise that it might be your final mission."

Mars "Mission?"

Samus "I'm a bounty hunter. Willing to do my part to at least attempt to save the world though."

Mars "Well, I guess I'm also here on altruistic reasons… I fancied myself a great hero, and ended up here as a desperate attempt to prevent the destruction of the world."

Samus "Well, at least you're upfront about it. I have a feeling we'll get along just fine if the end doesn't come for us..."

Mars "Speaking of that, how long is it till go time?"

Samus "I honestly think we should already be going. "

Mars "Who put the plumber in charge anyway? We have multiple gods, heroes and even goddamn animals, and the job goes to some plumber?"

Samus "I don't really care, personally. If having him as the leader draws in more soldiers and warriors, the two of us don't need to get along."

Mars "Well, I suppose if it all goes wrong it doesn't matter who's leading us."

Samus "That's the spirit!"

Mars "I suppose this is it..."

Samus "Wait a second. Take this."

Upon that, Samus handed Mars what looked like an amulet.

Mars "What is this?"

Samus "A good luck charm. I look forward to talking with you later, Mars."

Mars "As do I."

Mars walked off to listen to the speech. He could tell, he'd have fallen in love with her if he didn't have Caeda back at home. He examined the good luck charm. Looked like it fit in something. Mars guessed that he'd work it out someday, but didn't know what to say till then.

Mario.

Isabelle "So, Mr Mario. Here's the speech you wanted."

Mario "Why thank you… I see it's top quality as always."

Isabelle "I aim to please. That'll be 23,000 bells, please."

Mario "Look, can this wait until after we face the evil universe ending threat?"

Isabelle "I'll take that as credit."

Mario "Fine. I hope you're happy."

Isabelle "Well, with this we can finally afford to build the reset centre!"

Mario "Wait, so you don't even keep the money for yourself?"

Isabelle "That's ridiculous. The town is myself in essence!"

Mario "You're one weird dog."

Isabelle "You should see my brother! He doesn't have a sense of commitment to things!"

Mario "Gee… So strange."

Isabelle "It's ridiculous-"

Mario "I'm gonna have to cut you off right there. I'd like to use this speech that I paid part of a rest centre for, so we'll talk later, okay?"

Isabelle "Alright, but-"

Mario "Bye Bye!"

Mario walked over to the stage. He thought to himself while he was walking. How had he gotten here… He'd just wanted to help, but Peach thought it was a good idea for him to help lead the rabble, good training for his life as royal consort. He'd protested, naturally but there was no stopping the woman. He ended up stuck there, leading so many innocent people to their doom. He tied to justify it all to himself, but everyone knew the results… Every fortune teller and psychic, every prophecy… Probably even Monado Boy, they all prophesied one thing: Doom. They talked about it all not mattering, fight or not there was no difference in victor. Unless something where to change, the world would be swallowed up by the light. However, not even the traditional route of escape was available. Those who tried to flee would be swallowed up by the lights embrace, never to be seen again. There were those who tried to escape, naturally but they were shot down. The warp star was taken out of order, and the traitor who took it was lucky to not get hit himself. That had really put a dampener on peoples plans to escape, and Mario realised that it was exactly what the monster wanted. After finishing his bout of self questioning, he made it onto the stage and stood before the crowd of "heroes."

Mario "It's a me! Mario! Now I know that all of you are worried, but we can do this! We have what it a takes to stop that thing! Yippee! Yeah! Let's a go!"

He really had to thank Isabelle for the accent idea. She'd come up with it years ago. Peach found it demeaning, and his own brother couldn't recognise him; but it worked. People found it endearing, and so all he could do was smile for the cameras. After all, perception was everything; Luigi proved that all too well. He worked hard, harder even then Mario sometimes, and what does he have to show for it? Nothing. The world looks him over and focuses on the man next to him, the one with the funny accent. When the first job you ever do is a failure, people tend not to have high expectations. Mario walked over to the side off the cliff. He couldn't see it approaching, but he could feel it. Mario sighed,and wondered why he got out of bed that morning.

Link

Link woke up and panicked. He wasn't in his own bed. Then he remembered. He remembered the events of the past few days. He realised exactly why he was in the jail cell that he was. He ran out of bed and shook on the bars.

Link "Please, please let me out of here!"

? "Not happening in my lifetime, or yours for that matter"

Link peered through the bars and saw exactly who was guarding him. It was a wolf, wearing a coat that appeared to be adorned with the medals of a captain and clothes that certainly reminded him of the average prison guard. The coat appeared to be slightly bloodstained and Link took that in conjunction with his eyepatch to mean that he'd been involved in many a fight before. A breakout was looking less and less likely.

Link "Look, I need to leave! The only thing that can stop that thing is the triforce!"

Wolf "Heh, nice try kid. That ones already been tried. And that was when it was discovered… The triforce is being suppressed. That and every single other magical get out of jail free card the authorities could come up with."

Link "What?"

Wolf "Look kid, if it was up to me you wouldn't be in here. You don't seem a bad sort, and your story makes sense with the evidence. However, you stole a supply train and started going back to the place listed as your home. How does that look to us?"

Link "I see your point, but why keep me locked up here? Surely a hero like me could be of use against that monster!"

Wolf "Look, even if I believed that you would make all the difference to our cause, I wouldn't do it. Y'know why? Nobody would. Master Hand himself wouldn't make a difference (We saw what happened to him). I'm going to meet up with my team tonight and have a round of drinks together for old times sake, and I'm going to wake us in the morning and go out there to die. We all will."

Link "Look, we can do it! If we all work together-"

Wolf "Look, we don't have the firepower we need. Master hand is gone. Crazy is off gods-know-where and even Tabuu won't put in a appearance. You know things are bad when you're hoping for your former conqueror to save the day."

Link "Sigh. Maybe I'm better off watching worlds end in my cell walls. I guess we have no choice but to die to that monster."

Wolf "You finally get it. Don't worry, I'll sneak you in a few luxuries for your final night."

Link "That would be quite nice, thank you."

Wolf "Oh yeah, that reminds me. It always pays to know the name of the thing you're going to die to. This is pretty recent, but you wouldn't know being stuck in here. People have taken to calling it Galeem..."

Authors Note

I plan to continue this, and I would like to receive feedback and criticism. Thank you for reading!